On any given night, more than 2,100 Austinites are homeless. Many have been homeless for more than one year.

Doing nothing is not an option. So, the City of Austin and Travis County are serving Austin with compassion and action through a sensible, safe, stable housing approach called Roof Over Austin.

On March 25, 2010, the Austin City Council passed a historic resolution directing staff to develop a strategy that would prioritize the City's affordable housing resources - including federal and local monies - for permanent supportive housing (PSH). The unanimous action was the result of several interconnected initiatives that culminated in Austin elected officials pledging to create 350 units by 2014 for residents most vulnerable to homelessness

By the end of 2014, the 350-unit goal was surpassed. In October of 2014, the Council continued their commitment to this effort by approving a second resolution, setting a new goal of creating 400 more PSH units, to include 200 Housing First PSH units, in the next four years.